Archive for March, 2011
Natural Solutions For Depression
Over 1.4 million people in Canada suffer with depression at any given time and it is the second leading cause of long-term disability among workers. It is much more than simply a case of the blues or feeling down. It is a true medical condition that can range from mild to severe, with a significant impact on all aspects of one’s life.
While prescription drugs play an important role in the treatment of this disease, many people can’t tolerate the side effects and high costs. The good news is that there are several nutritional supplements that have been clinically studied and found beneficial for depression, without all the side effects seen with prescription drugs.
Tags: anti depressant drugs, brain chemistry, chemical messengers, essential fatty acids, long term disability, low estrogen, post partum depression, serotonin and norepinephrine, stress trauma, true depression
Is There a Link Between Depression and Provigil?
Depression and Provigil are two words you might hear together after recent depression studies. The studies showed that the medication can be used to treat depression where the patient has been previously treated nearly successfully with antidepressants and where the patient suffers from tiredness.
One of the most common symptoms of depression is fatigue, so it isn’t unusual that scientists decided to try and connect provigil and depression. After all, provigil is used to treat extreme sleepiness such as in narcolepsy (the sleeping disease). It has also proved its usefulness treating the weariness that so often accompanies depression, but in combination with an antidepressant therapy.
Tags: antidepressant therapy, bedfellows, depression studies, extreme sleepiness, provigil, provigil depression, step in the right direction, symptoms of depression, treating depression, weariness